Institute shares UMA’s concern about making ongoing research in engineering colleges,polytechnics, and other higher education institutes in Maharashtra more public-oriented by analyzing various day-to-day social and developmental problems in the state (for example, rural sanitation, toilets, drainage management, drinking water, road development, evaluation and reinforcement of roads, water conservation, fuel and energy, health, drought,etc.). Aligning curricula and research with development needs will serve two purposes- (i) contribute to socio-economic development agenda of the state through the provision of skilled manpower (societal objective) (ii) enable students, researchers and faculty members to work on live socio-economic problems in an inter-disciplinary manner, leading to more well-rounded professionals with diverse skill sets (institutional objective)